All 4 Uses
fissure
in
Uglies
(Edited)
- A deep chasm opened up under her, a fissure cut into the cliffs by the sea.
p. 144.1 *fissure = a long narrow crack
- Suddenly, the stony cliffs beneath her cracked and fissured.
p. 150.6fissured = split open
- Tally's skin tingled, her eyes picking out the dark fissures all around them.
p. 205.6fissures = long narrow cracks
- A shimmering line cut its way across the black expanse of the pleasure garden, like a bright fissure opening in the earth.
p. 351.6fissure = long narrow crack
Definitions:
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(1)
(fissure) a long, narrow crack; or its creation -- especially in the ground or in rock
or:
a crack in the unity of a group; or its creation - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)